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Amazon's latest step towards drone deliveries - em70
http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsid=82225
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rubicon33
Pretty exciting news! I'd LOVE to be a developer who gets to work on that
project. It get's me all tingly and excited to think about what kind of
problems they get to solve on a daily basis.
I wonder ... | {
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The best icon is a text label - ZeljkoS
http://thomasbyttebier.be/blog/the-best-icon-is-a-text-label
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dizzystar
I remember getting into a debate about this subject with a self-described UI
expert. It was part enlightening and part frustrating. He failed to see the
point that so many of his ideas were US-centric,... | {
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Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com) - pruett
I needed to get out of localhost:3000 land and ship a (somewhat functional) web app. Anyways, I built Current Ride as a place to put your bucket list items out in the open. The goal is really to inspire the community to do more things!<p>Building the app helpe... | {
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Amazon doesn't want you to know how many data demands it gets - tdaltonc
http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-dot-com-the-tech-master-of-secrecy/
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tdaltonc
I wonder what the procedure is for subpoenaing a whole virtual cloud . . .
I wonder how many cloud services have given data to the NSA without knowing .
. .
... | {
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Show HN: Huffgram helps you memorize data - curryhoward
https://www.huffgram.com/
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curryhoward
I made this a few years ago and use it to memorize phone numbers, API keys,
etc. Here's a short writeup about how it works:
[https://www.stephanboyer.com/post/111/huffgram-convert-
strin...](https://www.stephanboyer.co... | {
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Some Musings on Mathematics - ColinWright
http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/PureMaths.html?HN_20150815
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jveld
Here's how I explain "pure math" to people, based on my experience taking a
highly theory-oriented linear algebra course and thinking that "this stuff
couldn't _possibly_ be useful." Boy, was I wrong...
I t... | {
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Ask HN: Idea for Next Generation of Social Networking - Jd
Don't wish to oversell myself or my set of ideas, but I am a potential CEO with a reasonably well-developed set of ideas regarding what could be a generational advancement in online community building and a history of successful project management in the non... | {
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Some writers who lied or plagiarized - lermontov
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2017/03/why-writers-lie-plagiarize-fabricate-stretch-the-truth
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microcolonel
>Indeed, the election of Donald Trump (bankruptcy; alleged groping of women;
exaggerations, fabrications, “alternative facts”) gives us a prevaricator in... | {
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} |
Dyson's Latest Feat of Over-Engineering: A Filterless Vacuum - dmmalam
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/dysons-latest-feat-engineering-filterless-vacuum/
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gmays
Very cool. The next step would be a vacuum that empties itself. I'd opt for
incorporating a docking/charging station into a trash can, so it empties every
t... | {
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} |
14-Year-Old Prodigy Programmer Dreams In Code - Walkman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBXZWB_dNsw
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laumars
Dreaming in code isn't that weird. Given that sleep is your minds way of
organizing the previous days experiences (amongst other things), it's only to
be expected that you would dream about whatever took t... | {
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Ask HN: Backdoors everywhere? - EFruit
Does the innumerable places that backdoors could be hiding scare anyone else?
- Compilers[1]
- Networking appliance firmware
- Operating systems
- Security-critical software (I'm looking at YOU, OpenSSL and OpenSSH)<p>Something else that is rather disturbing is the fact th... | {
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‘A Very Fair Statement of His Past Life’: Convicts and Tattoos in the 1800s - Thevet
https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.27/
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kasey_junk
Title change seems off. The original title is better.
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What if Tesla made wearables? - thejmoore
https://www.innovate.cards/
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crobertsbmw
This looks awesome. But I'm on a budget and $40 is too much. If it were $20, I
would pre order.
~~~
thejmoore
Thanks for checking it out! Keep an eye on @innovatemap over on Twitter for
occasional discount codes!
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Closure of NM solar observatory a mystery - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.abqjournal.com/1219922/nm-solar-observatory-closed-authorities-mum.html
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eitally
Dupe:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17978598](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17978598)
~~~
dang
Thanks. We moved the other comments there.
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You already use Lisp syntax - charliejrgower
https://functional.works-hub.com/blog/You-already-use-Lisp-syntax
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kazinator
What's more, you already use a Lisp-2:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/76b3ap/for_a_list_of_...](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/76b3ap/for_a_list_of_lists_to_be_a_valid_form_... | {
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Advanced programming languages - fogus
http://matt.might.net/articles/best-programming-languages/
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edw
Just the mention of Scheme, my favorite programming language, makes me get
irritated when I think about the thousand or fifteen hundred lines of
JavaScript I've written in the last couple weeks. I'm basically w... | {
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Flowtown (early revenue-generating startup) is looking for Master of the UIverse - rantfoil
http://ethanbloch.com/master-of-the-uiverse
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sachinag
Mainly because Martell is an investor and it's fun to mess with him a little:
oneforty is also looking for a front-end/UI designer/developer, and we have
fewer hoop... | {
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Suit accuses Google of trade secret theft - y0ghur7_xxx
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9976405-7.html
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y0ghur7_xxx
Here is the press release by the plaintiff's lawyers:
[http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=ne...](http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsI... | {
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Facebook Oops: employee hotline to put friend and family at top of support queue - mzs
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/facebook-oops-special-employee-hotline-for-faster-customer-support.html
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mzs
"… Primarily, employees submit requests when a friend gets suspended from
their account or forgets their password. Th... | {
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The Flat Build - nvk
http://dbushell.com/2013/03/18/the-flat-build/
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178
I use punch for this -- it works very well for development, and sometimes can
even be used in production as well. In any case, it is just mustache + json
hashes. <[https://github.com/laktek/punch>](https://github.com/laktek/punch>);
| {
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Brandon Allgood - First Day With Google Glass - infoman
https://plus.google.com/102178182849845958879/posts/RkNZhBArLmF
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infoman
quote: "Finally, there are two things that I would change. First, you can't
frame the photo before it shoots. When you say "ok glass, take a picture," it
just takes a picture without a... | {
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End of the road for RC4 - rdl
https://blog.cloudflare.com/end-of-the-road-for-rc4/
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rdl
I wish we'd done this earlier -- I'm pretty sure nothing bad has resulted from
supporting RC4 a few months longer than we would have liked, but as we've seen
from Google's "aggressive" push to end SHA1, it's the only way to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Experiences, Not Products, Provide Happiness - niravs
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/happiness-no-purchase-necessary-says-study.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29
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steveitis
This is all so true, and yet hard to focus on in real ... | {
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Don't Go to College This Fall - mike1013
https://www.perell.com/blog/dont-go-to-college-this-fall
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ryeights
Hmm. The idea is tempting, but I'm wary of the notion that most students
(especially underclassmen) could make efficient use of their time trying to
create a whole business from scratch in 6 months. Is thi... | {
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Graph-Powered Machine Learning at Google - tim_sw
https://research.googleblog.com/2016/10/graph-powered-machine-learning-at-google.html
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bnchrch
While there is a lot to get excited about with ML both as a consumer and as a
software developer I can't help feeling a pang of sadness.
Big data and in this case the ... | {
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Intro to React Native for an iOS Developer - cpojer
http://artsy.github.io/blog/2017/07/06/React-Native-for-iOS-devs/
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orta
Hey there, author here, we've been exploring React Native in the open at Artsy
for about 1.5 years now. This post is a continuation on our series on React
Native. It's really changed the fu... | {
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Ask HN: Ideas/Advice for a sole 18 year old hacker? - OzzyOsbourne
Hi HN. I read what goes on on this incredible site almost every day. I'm 17 years old and a modestly competent hacker. Last year I published an app to the Apple app store, but is has since been removed because I haven't renewed my license with the bi... | {
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The Smart Phone Patent Wars - chan
http://blogs.burnsidedigital.com/2012/09/the-smart-phone-patent-wars/
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chan
The FRAND licensing issues have been in court for sometime.
[http://www.cio.com.au/article/431373/samsung_apple_refused_n...](http://www.cio.com.au/article/431373/samsung_apple_refused_negotiate_licen... | {
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Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers - pseudolus
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-22/u-s-economy-big-cities-no-longer-deliver-for-low-skill-workers
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netcan
" _middle-class life to those without a college degree_ "
Anytime you start delving into what has changed for a subset of pe... | {
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Spritz: Speed Reading - mocy
http://www.spritzinc.com/the-science
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mocy
neat demo on the home page, and at the top right of every page.
| {
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What (else) can men do? Grow the f*** up - rmason
https://medium.com/p/77a37fd43530
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a3voices
The biggest reason why you don't "deserve" sexual attention is because you are
competing with lots of other males. If you were the only guy on Earth, then
you would have endless amounts of it. So you need to be extra ... | {
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} |
Marissa Mayer's Email Promising To Make Yahoo 'The Absolute Best Place To Work' - jacquesgt
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Marissa-Mayer-Sent-A-Late-Night-Email-Promising-3817913.php
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bishnu
So far all of Marissa Meyer's moves (at least the one's getting publicity)
have made Yahoo! a ... | {
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How a simple dialog increased the sales of our Android app by 260% - ompemi
http://www.androidsx.com/how-a-simple-dialog-increased-the-sales-of-our-android-app-by-260/
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pacifika
Shame to have to mislead the users by saying the app is expired.
| {
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Neal Stephenson's Kickstarter Game Is Dead - Impossible
http://kotaku.com/neal-stephensons-kickstarter-game-is-dead-1636526717
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Uhhrrr
I'm sad about the game, but at the same time happy that he'll have more time
to write now.
| {
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NASA Image of the Day Gallery - dangoldin
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html
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dangoldin
And the JS code for anyone that's interested:
<http://www.nasa.gov/js/207516main_imagegallery_club1.js>
| {
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Google Assistant Controlled Electric Bike - pbelon
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/29/a-cyclist-is-using-a-google-assistant-controlled-electric-bike-wheel-to-ride-cross-country-to-ces/
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dh-g
Yea, pretty cool but bicycles are already amazing at getting people around.
Attaching a heavy battery / motor make the bik... | {
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San Diego: join us for SD Hacker News meetup #29 (Fri 5/25) - th
http://anyvite.com/t3wl6d8wfi
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dano
I always enjoy this crowd of local tech enthusiasts. The meeting has two parts
which enables the younger and older hacker crowd (who enjoys a beer) to
participate. Anyone interested in tech conversation should ... | {
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Show HN: A rap song about some issues in tech - stdoutrap
Song url: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1w5FTg68c" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1w5FTg68c</a><p>Quick background on the project: I'm a full time programmer and I love making rap music. I see a ... | {
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UK’s worst-selling map: The empty landscape charted by OS440 - f_allwein
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/09/uk-worst-selling-map-empty-landscape-ordnance-survey-os440-glen-cassley
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andybak
Americans (and probably many Europeans) might not realise how strange the idea
of emptiness is to many Brits - ... | {
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Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident - gigq
http://durham.io/2013/07/09/seth-vidal-creator-of-yum-open-source-software-killed-in-bike-accident-off-hillandale-rd/
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cagenut
I just met Seth in-person for the first time at ansiblefest a few weeks ago,
after having crossed paths with him on irc ... | {
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Why Yahoo Keeps Killing Everything It Buys - tim333
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/yahoo-blink/
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debacle
tl;dr: Yahoo is mainly taking part in acquihires by purchasing also-rans.
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Researchers just released profile data on 70000 OkCupid users without permission - based2
http://www.vox.com/2016/5/12/11666116/70000-okcupid-users-data-release
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based2
src: [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OkCupid-
Wissenschaftl...](http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OkCupid-
Wissenschaftler-veroeffe... | {
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Ask HN: How to handle gender transition as tech lead? - throwaway80808
Hi all. Sorry if HN isn't the right place for this. Posting from a throwaway account as my main account is tied to my online identity and I'd like to keep this information private for now.<p>So, I've been the lead software developer ... | {
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New, portable, open source password manager for Windows - nvr82
https://www.ylvapasswordmanager.com/
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gruez
Why this over keepass?
Also, a quick skim of the source code shows that the program keeps the
decrypted file on-disk[1]. That seems like a huge vulnerability if you don't
have FDE enabled.
[1]
[https://g... | {
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Facebook, ConnectU settle dispute - mpc
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/06/27/facebook_connectu_settle_dispute/
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josefresco
I'm actually surprised they (ConnectU) won this case (or Zuck buckled), from
the sounds of things a new social network idea was "in the air" at the time
and severa... | {
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AccountChooser - cleverjake
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/28/AccountChooser
======
bradleybuda
This could be very useful - it's a purely client-side solution to remember
which account you used to log in to a site the last time and multiplex
accounts.
My only initial complaint is that the UI is ugly ... | {
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Ask HN: Mountain View Housing - BrentRitterbeck
I'm here in Cleveland looking at the cost of housing in Mountain View. I've checked Craigslist and some of the apartment websites in the area. I am aware that housing is much more expensive in Mountain View than it is in Cleveland. Unfortunately, all I have to go o... | {
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Thoughts about the role of a software QA engineer on a project - maxoliver
http://blog.perfectial.com/development/software-qa-engineer-explained/?utm_source=social_blog&utm_medium=YCombinator&utm_campaign=WhyYouNeedQA
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mattiemass
I've worked in a large organization that had a huge QA group. QA was taken
really s... | {
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Author Brian Shul on Piloting the SR-71 – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - usermac
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brian+shul+lawence+livermore&&view=detail&mid=3F5CB67FA93A1CD19F0D3F5CB67FA93A1CD19F0D&&FORM=VRDGAR
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sombragris
I would suggest to tag this content as video.
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Ask HN: Has anyone trained themselves deliberately in unique skills? - vijayr
Examples would be:<p>lucid dreaming<p>Visualizing/Imagining/Creativity (there was an article about someone training like Tesla, can't remember his name)<p>sensory - increasing the power of senses (a few years ago, I remember... | {
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Cyber Security: Hack Your Car, Go to Jail for Life - danboarder
http://gas2.org/2016/05/01/cyber-security-hack-car-go-jail-life/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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a3n
> ”A person shall not intentionally access or cause access to be made to an
> electronic system of a motor vehicle to willfully destroy, dama... | {
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Birth of baby captured on Google Street view - tankenmate
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8156048/Birth-of-baby-captured-on-Google-Street-View.html
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RiderOfGiraffes
See also: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1936828>
Also, a BBC report about recent events in Germany concerning Goo... | {
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Show HN: A Raspberry Pi Lego Rubiks Cube Solving Robot - johncole
https://www.dexterindustries.com/projects/brickuber-project-raspberry-pi-rubiks-cube-solving-robot-project/
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tonyedgecombe
Or if you prefer it a bit faster:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJecVKD34g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJecVKD34g)... | {
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$4.5 B. Nortel Bid Shows the Disastrous State of Software Patents - bproper
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/07/01/4-5-billion-purchase-of-nortel-patents-is-a-potent-reminder-how-broken-the-system-has-become/
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GHFigs
I don't understand. For one thing, Google wasn't "the early front runner",
they were the stalking ... | {
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} |
AT&T might just have the best 3G network in the US - cwan
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/02/23/surprise-att-might-just-have-the-best-3g-network-in-the-us/
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marshally
My anecdotal evidence is that in Dallas my AT&T iPhone drops about 50% of all
calls I make that last longer than 5 minutes.
I am weary of AT&T... | {
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} |
GitHub may have been blocked in parts of China - sexy_seedbox
https://viewdns.info/chinesefirewall/?domain=github.com
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shanghaiclique
Hi, I'm in Shanghai and can reach Github fine, and there are no engineers
speaking about github being blocked within China.
~~~
barry-cotter
Also, in Shanghai, also works fine wi... | {
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} |
I found six late 80's Sysadmin posters in storage while at work - jpatokal
http://imgur.com/gallery/y6udh
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argimenes
These are fantastic, what a great find! I can just imagine these on the wall
of Flynn's office at Encom in 'Tron' ...
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MichaelCrawford
Apple Computer employee propaganda: "Many of our com... | {
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GCP arrives in India with launch of Mumbai region - QUFB
https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/10/GCP-arrives-in-India-with-launch-of-Mumbai-region.html
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shubhamjain
> With the opening of this Mumbai region, Indian customers are now able to buy
> these services directly in Indian rupees.
Somewhat related: I... | {
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The Relativity of Wrong (1989) - dedalus
http://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm
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grigjd3
This is something that getting into analysis courses and finding your way into
higher level physics and chemistry classes drives home. It's perfectly valid
to use a scientific theory that has been shown... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What is the most amusing bug you've encountered? - Wowfunhappy
A recent HN thread about Hackintosh gave me the opportunity to recount a favorite anecdote: Many years ago, I was browsing a Hackintosh forum, and I came across a thread titled something like:<p>> Help! Audio only works while I'm moving my ... | {
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The most unlikely person to teach me to be a better software engineer - xueyongg
https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-05-30-6-things-michael-jordan-taught-me/
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xueyongg
What are some of the other domains that you have learnt and helped you to be a
better software engineer! For me, that will be the sports throu... | {
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} |
Improving Type on the Web -- Removing Widows and Orphans - naish
http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/technology/lab/
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kennyroo
This type of thing, while certainly low on any developer's to-do list
(including mine), does indeed make for a more pleasant reading experience with
very little work.
Personally, I like what ... | {
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Ask HN: Resources to teach high schoolers to code? - qsymmachus
I have a friend in NYC who has volunteered to teach high schoolers programming this summer. She's a public school teacher with limited resources, but she's been given free rein to teach whatever she wants, and asked me for guidance.<p>Her goal i... | {
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Archery company sues LARPer over patents, then files gag motion to silence him - protomyth
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/archery-company-sues-larper-over-patents-then-files-gag-motion-to-silence-him/
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chrisbennet
_" The earlier of Global's two patents on arrows, numbered 8,449,413 and
8,932,159, has... | {
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Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test universal basic income - salmonet
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/business/economy/universal-basic-income-finland.html
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JackFr
If its only going to jobless people, not UBI.
This is not a meaningless distinction -- one of the features of UBI is that it
... | {
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This will crash your browser. - asadlionpk
http://jsfiddle.net/n3Wa3/embedded/result/
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thaumaturgy
Yep. Back in 2008 or thereabouts, I threw together
[http://crashmybrowser.com/](http://crashmybrowser.com/) (note that this page
will not immediately crash your browser, it's very polite about asking first).
I only... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple shares drop nearly 3% after introduction of new iPhone 4S - nazar
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AAAPL
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basseq
I don't have the evidence at hand, but my recollection from watching the
market in relation to Apple's previous announcements is that a dip is nothing
new.
Wall Streeters get so caught... | {
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} |
I made a Chrome Extension, Rick Roulette, which swaps videos out with RickRolls - ben174
http://www.rickroulette.com
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ben174
Not quite sure why :).. might come in handy for pranking people. If nothing
else, I think it gives a good overview on scaffolding out a quick simple
Chrome extension.
Please do let me kno... | {
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Trade advisor Navarro says no plans for investment restrictions on China - jsoc815
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/25/navarro-no-plans-to-impose-investment-restrictions-on-china-and-other.html
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jsoc815
Can anyone speak to the significance of Chinese ($) investment in US tech?
Would restrictions really be that big a... | {
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} |
Post-mortem on New Relic's Move to Ruby 1.9 - whalesalad
http://blog.newrelic.com/2012/10/23/eating-the-1-9-elephant
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dguaraglia
Hey, "post-mortem" means "after death" in Latin. Maybe we should start
introducing some variety, for example the much more accurate "post-facto"?
It's kinda weird clicking on an art... | {
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A Quest for the Holy Grail: On D. W. Pasulka’s “American Cosmic” - samclemens
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-quest-for-the-holy-grail-on-diana-pasulkas-american-cosmic-ufos-religion-technology/#!
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svd4anything
I’ve considered buying this book several times. Thank you for posting this
review.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Review our startup - www.webnotes.net - peterlai
After a year of work, WebNotes just launched its freemium product at www.webnotes.net. Would you guys mind reviewing our startup? Several significant changes have been made since our private beta launch six months ago:<p>* We are no longer in private beta mode... | {
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} |
I’m going to donate 1% of my paycheck to open source projects for the next year - hellossx
https://1percent.dev
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hellossx
I would truly love more folks to do this too. I’ve seen many people talk of
it, suggest similar ideas and never take action.
Together, we can make a difference.
| {
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} |
The most efficient way is wrong - jason_tko
http://blog.webnet-it.co.jp/2010/01/12/the-most-efficient-way-is-wrong/
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Scriptor
Sounds like the bystander effect's influence on the web. A difference is that
the requester is contacting others directly, not passively waiting for help. I
guess the mentality of being... | {
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} |
Wolfenstein: Ray Tracing on Using WebGL1 - leeoniya
https://reindernijhoff.net/2019/03/wolfenstein-raytracing-on-using-webgl1/
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skunkworker
This reminds me of the Quake 2 Path/Tracing Ray Tracing with Nvidia RTX.
The lighting becomes hard to accept because I've been accustomed to the fast,
"fake" lighting in cu... | {
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} |
Former Sanders Aide Jailed in Belarus Is Being Tortured to 'Confess' - spzx
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep4w9m/former-sanders-aide-jailed-in-belarus-is-being-tortured-to-confess-to-things-he-didnt-do-wife-says
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carabiner
> She said Vitali traveled to Belarus “simply” to visit his mother, who is
> sufferin... | {
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} |
This Physics Pioneer Walked Away from It All (2016) - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/this-physics-pioneer-walked-away-from-it-all
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okket
Not about Majorana
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Majorana#Disappearance_...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Majorana#Disappearance_at_sea_and_suggested_e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New life for old PCs using pre-configured Linux appliances - alonswartz
http://paperjammed.com/2010/05/05/new-life-for-an-old-pc%E2%80%94no-geek-card-required/
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raintrees
I would like to do this but without consuming all of the power an old pc
uses/wastes. Any recommendations on in-expensive, low-powered, smal... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Automatic braking long a priority for trains, but costs are daunting - pjbrunet
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/14/automatic-braking-amtrak-crash-positive-train-control-ntsb-congress/27300969/
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pjbrunet
Forcing trains to slow for turns is not a complex engineering problem, IMO.
Here's my safer, low-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Digital Nomads: How do you manage taxes? - foobazzy
There is a brewing possibility that I might come across a remote position. I wanted to take this opportunity and travel a few places around the globe. I am planning to start for a few months in my home country and then make the move. But I am not sure how the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Deis: Evolution of a Docker PaaS [video] - dragon13
http://deis.io/deis-at-dockercon-video/
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csixty4
I've been looking forward to giving Deis a shot. I'm a huge fan of Dokku, and
Deis seems to be a very similar project with the added bonus of handling
scaling for you.
~~~
bacongobbler
If you need any help get... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mashape Launches a Marketplace for APIs - sinzone
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mashape_launches_a_marketplace_for_apis.php
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ses
Lost interest when saw you have to implement your API in PHP... doesn't gel
well with the interoperable web service vision of the future.
If you could implement the API in any ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'Trek' tricorder could win $10 million - cwan
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/13/6638804-trek-tricorder-could-win-10-million
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stretchwithme
And Richard Branson's prize for technology that removes carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere is a bit bigger at $25 million, which is slightly more
important to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The algorithm that creates diets that work for you - ValentineC
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/algorithm-creates-diets-that-work-for-you/416583/?single_page=true
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JoeAltmaier
...for diabetics? Its all about blood sugar spikes, not fitness nor weight
control.
| {
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} |
PHP, Once the Web's Favorite Programming Language, Is on the Wane - DocFeind
http://readwrite.com/2014/08/11/why-learn-php
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anonymoustwerp2
Uh, but isn't that because it turns sane people into crazy people?
| {
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} |
Announcing Weduary: Make Your Own Social & Beautiful Wedding Website - MarlonPro
http://www.brit.co/weddings/announcing-weduary-make-your-own-social-beautiful-wedding-website/
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flyt
Remember this is the same person that created a video explaining how to cut
two $60 Apple power cables to make an extremely dangero... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interactive blackhole and wormhole experience, a la Interstellar - daspianist
http://sirxemic.github.io/Interstellar/
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daspianist
For optimal visual experience, set the pixel size to 1x1.
The gravitational lensing near the wormhole and Gargantua was amazing to "see"
as one moved closer them.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Archiving your website in the Wayback Machine - l1am0
https://blog.simon-frey.eu/posts/gdpr_how_to_close_your_blog_the_right_way/
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JacobAldridge
Of course, if you're going to offload hosting, GDPR concerns, or just your own
backup peace of mind to the Internet Wayback Machine, don't forget to say
thank you - [ht... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
African Vernacular Architecture Database (2015) - Red_Tarsius
https://www.notechmagazine.com/2015/09/african-vernacular-architecture-database.html
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Quequau
I didn't know what "Vernacular architecture" meant, so for everyone else who
doesn't know either and is waiting for the page to load here's the first
sentenc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BSD Now: The Cantrillogy - dchest
http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/106911/the-cantrillogy-bsd-now-181/
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tete
This is really great. For info: It's a series of interview with Bryan
Cantrill.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Should I worry about having a job offer retracted? - jacorreia
At my school, many students are about to receive offers for summer co-op terms within the next two weeks. However, none of them have ever even considered negotiating their offers, and when I try to show them how easy it could be for them to make ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cell phones more sophisticated than guidance systems on some nukes - cwan
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2010/10/corker_if_every_american_knew.html
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devmonk
Sophisticated != good, necessarily.
I trust solid-state electronics (or whatever those old tracking systems are
using) as long as our military does. Wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Future Economy (2010) [video] - NurAzhar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilY4hRgfC2Q
======
flareback
It's a nice theory but doesn't solve the problem of supply and demand. If
there are 7 billion people on earth that all want a widget, how does this
economic philosophy handle the fact that the manufacturing capability... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Stellar object model - gdb
http://gdb.svbtle.com/the-stellar-domain-model
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natrius
So many explanations of the trust model involve examples of interpersonal
trust, which doesn't help me understand what I presume is the common case:
trusting depositary institutions to hold balances for you.
Let's say I have ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CA Proposes Terrible Bill to Ban All Unlicensed Bitcoin Businesses - peter123
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150310/15522730277/california-proposes-bill-to-ban-all-unlicensed-bitcoin-businesses-without-even-defining-what-that-means.shtml
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aminok
I guarantee this was lobbied for by existing payment compani... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine - robfitz
http://blog.thestartuptoolkit.com/2011/10/my-dad-taught-me-cashflow-with-a-soda-machine/
======
DanielBMarkham
My 11-year-old daughter for Christmas last year asked for a bubble-gum vending
machine. She got the idea from hearing stories about a family member who ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Recreating the famous Buffer MVP website without code (using Carrd.co) - bramk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg__pU3ufHU
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bramk
I've been a huuuuge fan of @ajlkn's Carrd ever since I discovered it on
Product Hunt, and over the years I've been using it to build a lot of websites
without code.
Now it's one of t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Ajour – A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust - culinary-robot
https://github.com/casperstorm/ajour
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culinary-robot
Hi everyone, author of Ajour here.
Ajour is a World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust. The main reason I
started this project was to take my Rust skills to the next le... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Don't be a corporate programmer. They demand all of your creativity and trust none of your judgment. - nickb
http://www.zedshaw.com/conferences/cusec2008.html
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apathy
The new site design is awesome beyond compare.
I think I've found a new messiah.
| {
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} |
Not-quite-so-broken TLS – lessons in re-engineering a security protocol (2015) [pdf] - nickpsecurity
http://anil.recoil.org/papers/2015-usenixsec-nqsb.pdf
======
nickpsecurity
Github is here:
[https://github.com/mirleft/ocaml-tls](https://github.com/mirleft/ocaml-tls)
Those interested in an imperative implementation... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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